Irregular migration into UK and large European countries is same as 2008, research shows

Despite hostile political discourse about migrants, the numbers are steady, at less than 1% of total populationThe number of irregular migrants living in the UK and other large European countries has not changed for years despite hostile political disc…

Brexit talks are back โ€” forever

Starmer came away from his first visit to Brussels as prime minister with an agreement to keep talking.

โ€˜Tidal waveโ€™: Europeโ€™s populists push for migrant clampdown as Trump cranks up rhetoric

France and Germany have joined calls for a tougher EU migration policy following a series of far-right election wins.

Barnier lays out a survival plan for France โ€ฆ and himself

The former Brexit negotiator tried to appeal to both sides of the political aisle during his first major policy speech.

Macron tried to punish me for Brexit, Boris Johnson complains

Former British prime minister says Macron “would notย hesitate to put his Cuban-heeled bootee into Brexit Britain.”

Franceโ€™s new Europe ministerย will push Brussels to take โ€˜next stepโ€™ in tightening migration rules

The new French government has vowed a tougher approach on migration.

Berlin is sceptical of EU migration policy, but warms to Europe-wide Albania modelย 

Germany remains critical of further EU-level measures to steer irregular migration amid a unilateral crackdown at its borders but may be open to a European initiative to conduct asylum procedures outside the EU, insiders told Euractiv.ย 

Even Britainโ€™s left-wing government seeks lessons from Giorgia Meloni

Keir Starmer wants to ape Italy on tackling irregular migration. He should brace for controversy.

Starmer set to contribute โ‚ฌ4.75 million to Meloni’s anti-irregular migration initiative

The UK prime minister met with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome Monday to discuss how the two countries could bolster cooperation in tackling illegal migration.

Giorgia Meloni: Starmer showed great interest in our Albania migration deal

Britain promises to send ยฃ4m to back Italian crackdown on irregular migrationKeir Starmer has shown โ€œgreat interestโ€ in the Italy-Albania migration deal, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said, as the UK vowed to send ยฃ4m to support her c…

How has Italy sought to cut irregular migration and could UK copy the policy?

Tunisia and Libya deals appear to have reduced small-boat crossings under Giorgia Meloniโ€™s hard-right governmentKeir Starmer has travelled to Rome for bilateral talks about immigration with Italyโ€™s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. The British prime mini…

UKโ€™s Starmer heaps praise on โ€˜remarkableโ€™ Meloni

Britainโ€™s new center-left prime minister touts far-right Italian leader’s progress on irregular migration.

Starmer โ€˜very interestedโ€™ in Italyโ€™s plan to offshore asylum applications in Albania, says Meloni โ€“ as it happened

UK to contribute ยฃ4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announcesHere are some pictures from Keir Starmerโ€™s meeting with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, at the Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome. They seem to be geting on pretty well.Rach…

Starmer and Meloni hold talks on curbing migrant boats reaching UK and Italy

The centre-left Labour Party prime minister isn’t a natural ally of Meloni, who heads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, yet the two sides are hoping to work together to reduce irregular migration to Europe and improve the UK’s relations with the r…

Germany expands border controls to curb irregular migration

Germany is expanding border controls with all nine of its neighbouring countries in an attempt to curb irregular migration. The steps come in response to rising support for the far-right anti-immigration Alternative for Germany following a series of d…

Germanyโ€™s border checks could embolden Michel Barnierโ€™s tough-on-immigration stance

Germanyโ€™s decision on Monday (9 September) to introduce checks at all national border crossings to curb irregular migration may put pressure on France to respond, with President Emmanuel Macron’s party seeming in favour of a tougher stance on migration…

Germany presents plans to detain asylum-seekers โ€œclose to the borderโ€ ย 

Germany will detain asylum-seekers “close to its border” and fast-track deportations if they are to be returned to other EU countries, the German government announced on Tuesday (10 September) as it seeks to crack down on irregular migration.ย 

Germanyโ€™s Scholz gets tough on border in bid to save political future

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s move to establish new border controls risks generating an EU rift.

Polandโ€™s Tusk slams Germanyโ€™s border checks as โ€˜unacceptableโ€™

Berlin’s decision is a “de facto suspension of the Schengen Agreement on a large scale,” Polish PM says.

Germany steps up controls at borders in response to โ€˜irregular migrationโ€™

New regulations come into force next week following spate of suspected Islamist attacksEurope live โ€“ latest updatesGermanyโ€™s interior minister has announced that controls at all of the countryโ€™s land borders are to be stepped up in an attempt to confro…

Germany to extend temporary controls to all land borders in response to โ€˜irregular migrationโ€™ โ€“ Europe live

Interior minister Nancy Faeser says controls will be set up at borders with France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark for six monthsNancy Faeser, the German interior minister, also said that the government has designed a scheme enabling …

Germany tightens border controls in immigration clampdown

German police will carry out checks on the borders with all nine neighboring countries.

Germany eyes systematic turning away of irregular migrants at border

Germany will consider new measures to turn away irregular migrants arriving from other EU countries, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Thursday (5 September), as pressure on the government to tackle irregular migration continues to mount.

UKโ€™s Starmer lovebombs Scholz โ€” but no going back on Brexit

Joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows Britain’s new leader working to heal Brexit wounds โ€” while walking a fine line back home.

German neighbours ring alarm bells over potential border controls

As pressure grows in Berlin to reintroduce checks on all German borders, its neighbouring EU countries are warning the move could lead to a domino effect that could unravel the border-free Schengen area.